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As you get more and more experience, I think this will become easier. You'll eventually get a feel for what types of questions you should just work through you
by eminence32 3y ago
As you get more and more experience, I think this will become easier. You'll eventually get a feel for what types of questions you should just work through yourself, and which types of questions you should ask someone else about, and the threshold for moving between the two (you'll develop a sense of "let me investigate theory A, B, and C, and if I still can't figure it out, I'll ask for help").
Some of this will probably be via an increased understanding of the types of problems you can and can't solve. And some of this will probably be because you'll eventually know more people who can help (something like "oh yeah, I know Sam worked on a similar problem last month, let me see if they found a solution")
- switchbak 3y agoThere's also a minimum bar of seeking that you need to have both performed and can demonstrate - this shows you're doing your due diligence, and not just wasting the more senior developer's time. It also provides you the context you need to understand the solution. The last thing you want is a LMGTFY moment from someone who was interrupted from deep focus on a hard problem (or worse: a series of them).